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November 10, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/pro-syrian-forces-recapture-islamic-state-border-stronghold-as-pressure-shifts-to-last-militant-enclaves/2017/11/09/0d29ec26-c544-11e7-a441-3a768c8586f1_story.html

Syrian Forces Capture ISIS Border Stronghold

(Washington Post) Louisa Loveluck - Syrian government forces said Thursday they have recaptured the Islamic State's border stronghold of Bukamal in eastern Syria, leaving the militants with only a few enclaves along the Euphrates River. Despite Islamic State's promise to fight to the last man, the group withdrew from its former Syrian bases without a major fight.

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